PACQUIAO AND HATTON HOSTING JUST ONE US PRESS EVENT

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Manny Pacquiao, boxing's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and 2008 Fighter of the Year, and IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton will host ONE U.S. press event for their 12-round world championship fight before fight week.  Pacquiao, Hatton and their respective trainers Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr.,will get their last looks at each other until the final week of April during a press event scheduled for later this month.

Pacquiao vs. Hatton “The Battle of East and West,” presented by Rockstar Energy Drink and promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with MP Promotions and Hatton Promotions, takes place Saturday, May 2 at MGM Grand. The 12-round rumble will be for Hatton's IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles.  The fight is also sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Southwest Airlines.  Remaining tickets, priced at $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150, can be purchased through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets are also available online at www.mgmgrand.com. read more

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Ring mag sanctions Pacquiao-Hatton bout

By Dennis Principe

MANILA, Philippines—The Ring magazine, boxing’s acknowledged bible, has declared the bout between Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and British superstar Ricky Hatton as a junior welterweight championship match.

“Hatton is The Ring champion, and as long as they both make weight, The Ring championship will be at stake,” the magazine’s editor in chief, Nigel Collins, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. read more

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Pacquiao to use footwork vs. Hatton

By Jun Medina

Good footwork is a key element of Manny Pacquiao’s successful boxing career, a tool he used to advantage in pummeling to submission the bigger and stronger Oscar De La Hoya in their December 6 fight.

It’s a device he would need to employ again to the hilt when he tangles with British junior welterweight star Ricky Hatton in their coming May 2 bout, according to his renowned trainer Freddie Roach.

Nigel Collins, editor-in-chief of The Ring Magazine, observed that the signature move Pacquiao used in his “Dream Match” against De La Hoya carried the Filipino icon to his upset victory by “largely nullifying Oscar’s biggest weapon, his concussive left hook.” read more

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Could Manny Pacquiao have beaten Aaron Pryor?

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By Robert Cassidy

It’s an interesting question. Could Manny Pacquiao have beaten Aaron Pryor in a bout held at junior welterweight. The Ring magazine asks that very question in the current issue in a section called, “Battle of the Legends.” It compares today’s champions against champions from the 1970s or 1980s. read more

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Dougie’s Friday Mailbag

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By Doug Fischer

What? No mailbags this week!? Hey, better late than never. Read on and enjoy.

WHERE’S MY DAMN COFFEE!?!?

Hey Dougie! How’s it going? What’s going on with the mailbags this Friday and Monday? The mailbag is like my cup of coffee… I MUST HAVE IT! Anyways, hopefully everything is all good with you. Glad to see that you’re making career moves with The Ring. Peace. – Azteca604

I must apologize to you and all the other loyal mail baggers who have come to expect my signature column every Monday and Friday. Everything is fine with me, health- and career-wise, I just got bogged down with family duties on the nights of Sunday and Thursday, when I usually compile, complete and file my mailbags. read more

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